Organizations exchange information internally and externally. External messages go to customers, vendors, the government, and other business partners. Internal messages travel upward to supervisors, downward to employees, and horizontally among workers. Understanding the different types of business messages and following the 3-x-3 writing process will help you write more effective professional messages.

Match the message content area with the correct types of messages.

a. Sales pitches, requests for favors
b. Replies, goodwill messages, direct claims
c. Bad news, refusals

1. persuasive
2. positive
3. negative

Answer:

1. persuasive: a. Sales pitches, requests for favors

2. positive: b. Replies, goodwill messages, direct claims

3. negative: c. Bad news, refusals

Explanation:

a) A persuasive speech is one whose goal is to convince someone of something, so it is correct to say that in an organizational message where there are sales speeches and requests for favors, there is a need for a persuasive speech, whose message seeks to convince the sender of the benefits of make a sale for example.

b) A positive speech is one whose intention is to motivate, give praise, offer positive feedback, etc. Therefore, in responses, messages of goodwill, direct claims, positive speech will help in better understanding of the sender and in the positive positioning of the company.

c) A negative discourse occurs when there is bad news to be shared, it is necessary that this message is written in a soft way, with damping words and indirectly, because this way the acceptability can be greater.

A pharmaceutical company in Belgium decides to expand into additional markets. It conducts research and decides to focus on marketing and delivering its products to Hungary and the Czech Republic. In order to be successful, the company recognizes it must translate its marketing, product instructions, and packaging into the local languages. In addition, the company decides to partner with local advertising companies to make sure its marketing and advertising is customized to fit the preferences of the local markets. The pharmaceutical company has chosen to use which type of marketing strategy to expand globally?
a. centralization strat
b. localization strat
c. standardization strat

Company A and Company B are a duopoly, an oligopoly of only two firms. Neither company advertises its product and both firms earn $10 million in profits. Company A is considering increases to its advertising budget which would raise its profits to $12 million. Below is the payoff matrix for both companies and their decision as to whether to advertise or not.
Company A' Profits
Don't Adevertise Advertise
Don't Advertise A: $10 million A: $12 million
B: $10 million B: $6 million
Company B's Profits A: $6 million A: $8 million
B: $12 million B: $8 million
If Company A increases its advertising budget, Company B should:____.
A. Shut down.
B. Continue to not advertise.
C. Increase its advertising budget.
D. Increase the price it charges to increase profits.

During May, Salinger Company accumulated 740 hours of direct labor costs on Job 200 and 900 hours on Job 305. The total direct labor was incurred at a rate of $20 per direct labor hour for Job 200 and $23 per direct labor hour for Job 305.Journalize the entry to record the flow of labor costs into production during May. If an amount box does not require an entry, leave it blank.

Paul Company had 100,000 shares of common stock outstanding on January 1, 2021. On September 30, 2021, Paul sold 40,000 shares of common stock for cash. Paul also had 6,000 shares of convertible preferred stock outstanding throughout 2021. The preferred stock is $100 par, 6%, and is convertible into 3 shares of common for each share of preferred. Paul also had 420, 8%, convertible bonds outstanding throughout 2021. Each $1,000 bond is convertible into 30 shares of common stock. The bonds sold originally at face value. Reported net income for 2021 was $270,000 with a 40% tax rate. Common shareholders received $1.20 per share dividends after preferred dividends were paid in 2021.
Required: Compute basic and diluted earnings per share for 2021. (Round your answers to 2 decimal places.)

Which of the following choices represents two consumers?
A grass and grasshopper
B.rabbit and dog
C. mushroom and frog
D.turtle and flower


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Pension data for David Emerson Enterprises include the following:_______.
($ in millions)
Discount rate, 12%
Projected benefit obligation, January 1 $ 350
Projected benefit obligation, December 31 485
Accumulated benefit obligation, January 1 320
Accumulated benefit obligation, December 31 435
Cash contributions to pension fund, December 31 170
Benefit payments to retirees, December 31 58
Required:
Assuming no change in actuarial assumptions and estimates, determine the service cost component of pension expense for the year ended December 31.
Service cost million

On August 5, 2021, Carla Vista Furniture shipped 30 dining sets on consignment to Furniture Outlet, Inc. The cost of each dining set was $420 each. The cost of shipping the dining sets amounted to $4300 and was paid for by Carla Vista Furniture. On December 30, 2021, the consignee reported the sale of 20 dining sets at $920 each. The consignee remitted payment for the amount due after deducting a 7% commission, advertising expense of $670, and installation and setup costs of $850. The amount cash received by Carla Vista furniture is